Originally written in my journal November 18, 2021 At one of the zoom meetings, something got me questioning, “Why do I really believe...

Although from the point of view of Awareness, there is no progression to Awareness, no “development” or “stages,” many of us who haven’t...

I have this threshold experience where I get right up to the door of Awareness but the doorman says, “Sorry, bud, you can’t get in.” “But...

I’ve been reading this quote from Nisargadatta (I Am That) for several days. I find it rich with meaning. I’d like to share the quote and...

In the zoom meeting today, I expressed my concern that I seemed too often be diminished or raised up by “others.” I would have a period...

Note: All quotes are from Stephen Mitchell’s translation of the Tao te ching. In a recent non-dual zoom meeting, someone raised the...

I had an experience when I awoke late last night. I put quotation marks around “experience” because I know Holger will jump on that term,...

I’ve been listening to the meditations from the Garrison Retreat, and in one, Rupert says that “the Self doesn’t move through experience,...

At a recent nondual meeting, there was some discussion about whether it helped to have age and experience to be “realized,” to be able to...

Periodically, I attend the Zoom meetings of Friends of Rupert Spira and the Spiritual Coffee Shop (hosted by Holger Hubbs). I want to...

I have learned something valuable from the Spiritual Coffee Shop (https://www.gardenoffriends.com/ ) group. For awhile, I have expressed...

Some days, when I want to find my True Self, it’s like peeling an onion. I go through, layer by layer, looking for access, but I don’t...

In one of Holger Hubbs’s "Spiritual Concession" Zoom meetings, someone suggested that the only reason to be there was to solve our...

I’d like to describe an event that is occurring more frequently for me. It still only happens about once a week, and even though I go...

I have been wondering about the “place” where various spiritual teachers speak from. They all speak of the ultimate reality as “Oneness,”...

Note: This passage was written awhile back, months ago, in 2021. I’ve learned to no longer depend on “my story” for learning, or for my...